<p>A man who tried to shoot a squirrel for dinner by taping a .40-caliber cartridge to a BB gun was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds after the cartridge exploded, Gainesville police reported.</p><p>A sworn complaint was filed against William Daniel Lloyd, 31, for discharging a firearm in public and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, Officer Ben Tobias stated in a press item.</p><p>Officer Diana Mattern responded to a medical emergency call at 600 SE 12th Terrace and learned that Lloyd had taped the cartridge to the end of a BB gun to shoot a squirrel, Tobias said.</p><p>Lloyd fired the BB gun, causing the BB to strike the cartridge's primer. The cartridge discharged and fragmented, striking Lloyd in the upper arm and lower leg.</p><p>He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.</p><p>On Friday morning residents at his listed address said Lloyd had been released from the hospital and was back at work.</p><p>A sworn complaint was filed in lieu of arrest because of Lloyd's injuries.</p><p>The state Department of Corrections website shows that Lloyd served time in prison for 2009 offenses for grand theft and trafficking stolen property. He was released in November 2011.</p><p>Lloyd told police he was trying to shoot a squirrel with a Pumpmaster 760 BB gun. His girlfriend told police that Lloyd told her he was trying to shoot a squirrel for dinner, according to police.</p><p>Lloyd and others at the home bandaged his wounds but he continued bleeding.</p><p>“Lloyd stated he knew he had been hit, but did not know how badly,” an officer wrote in the report.</p><p>Lloyd told police he knew he was not allowed to possess ammunition and that he found cartridges while “scrapping” — looking for scrap metal.</p><hr />
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<hr /><p>A sworn complaint was filed against William Daniel Lloyd, 31, for discharging a firearm in public and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, Officer Ben Tobias stated in a press item.</p><p>Officer Diana Mattern responded to a medical emergency call at 600 SE 12th Terrace and learned that Lloyd had taped the cartridge to the end of a BB gun to shoot a squirrel, Tobias said.</p><p>Lloyd fired the BB gun, causing the BB to strike the cartridge's primer. The cartridge discharged and fragmented, striking Lloyd in the upper arm and lower leg.</p><p>He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.</p><p>On Friday morning residents at his listed address said Lloyd had been released from the hospital and was back at work.</p><p>A sworn complaint was filed in lieu of arrest because of Lloyd's injuries.</p><p>The state Department of Corrections website shows that Lloyd served prison time for 2009 offenses for grand theft and trafficking stolen property. He was released in November 2011.</p><p>Lloyd told police he was trying to shoot a squirrel with a Pumpmaster 760 BB gun.</p><p>His girlfriend told police that Lloyd told her he was trying to shoot a squirrel for dinner, according to police.</p><p>Lloyd and others at the home bandaged his wounds but he continued bleeding.</p><p>“Lloyd stated he knew he had been hit, but did not know how badly,” an officer wrote in the report.</p><p>Lloyd told police he knew he was not allowed to possess ammunition and that he found cartridges while “scrapping” -- looking for scrap metal.</p>